.TH FIREFOX 1 "November 30, 2017" firefox "Linux User's Manual"

.SH NAME

firefox \- a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B firefox

[\fIOPTIONS\fR ...] [\fIURL\fR]

.B firefox-bin

[\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIURL\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fBMozilla Firefox\fR is an open-source web browser, designed for

standards compliance, performance and portability.

.SH USAGE

\fBfirefox\fR is a simple shell script that will set up the

environment for the actual executable, \fBfirefox-bin\fR.

.SH OPTIONS

A summary of the options supported by \fBfirefox\fR is included below.

.SS "X11 options"

.TP

.BI \-\-display= DISPLAY

X display to use

.TP

.B \--sync

Make X calls synchronous

.TP

.B \-\-g-fatal-warnings

Make all warnings fatal

.SS "Firefox options"

.TP

.B \-h, \-help

Show summary of options.

.TP

.B \-v, \-version

Print Firefox version.

.TP

\fB\-P\fR \fIprofile\fR

Start with \fIprofile\fR.

.TP

\fB\-\-profile\fR \fIpath\fR

Start with profile at \fIpath\fR.

.TP

\fB\-\-migration\fR

Start with migration wizard.

.TP

.B \-\-ProfileManager

Start with ProfileManager.

.TP

\fB\-\-no\-remote\fR

Do not accept or send remote commands; implies \fB--new-instance\fR.

.TP

\fB\-\-new\-instance\fR

Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.

.TP

\fB\-\-UILocale\fR \fIlocale\fR

Start with \fIlocale\fR resources as UI Locale.

.TP

\fB\-\-safe\-mode\fR

Disables extensions and themes for this session.

.TP

\fB\-\-headless\fR

Run without a GUI.

.TP

\fB\-\-marionette\fR

Enable remote control server.

.TP

\fB\-\-browser\fR

Open a browser window.

.TP

\fB\-\-new-window\fR \fIurl\fR

Open \fIurl\fR in a new window.

.TP

\fB\-\-new-tab\fR \fIurl\fR

Open \fIurl\fR in a new tab.

.TP

\fB\-\-private-window\fR \fIurl\fR

Open \fIurl\fR in a new private window.

.TP

\fB\-\-preferences\fR

Open Preferences dialog.

.TP

\fB\-\-screenshot\fR [\fIpath\fR]

Save screenshot to \fIpath\fR or in working directory.

.TP

\fB\-\-window-size\fR \fIwidth\fR[,\fIheight\fR]

Width and optionally height of screenshot.

.TP

\fB\-\-search\fR \fIterm\fR

Search \fIterm\fR with your default search engine.

.TP

\fB\-\-jsconsole\fR

Open the Browser Console.

.TP

\fB\-\-jsdebugger\fR

Open the Browser Toolbox.

.TP

\fB\-\-wait-for-jsdebugger\fR

Spin event loop until JS debugger connects.  Enables debugging (some) application startup code paths.  Only has an effect when \fI--jsdebugger\fR is also supplied.

.TP

\fB\-\-devtools\fR

Open DevTools on initial load.

.TP

\fB\-\-start-debugger-server\fR [ws:][\fIport\fR|\fIpath\fR]

Start the debugger server on a TCP port or Unix domain socket path. Defaults to TCP port 6000. Use WebSocket protocol if ws: prefix is specified.

.TP

\fB\-\-recording\fR \fIfile\fR

Record drawing for a given URL.

.TP

\fB\-\-recording-output\fR \fIfile\fR

Specify destination file for a drawing recording.

.TP

\fB\-\-setDefaultBrowser\fR

Set this app as the default browser.

.SH FILES

\fI/usr/bin/firefox\fR - shell script wrapping

\fBfirefox\fR

.br

\fI/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox-bin\fR - \fBfirefox\fR

executable

.SH VERSION

57.0

.SH BUGS

To report a bug, please visit \fIhttp://bugzilla.mozilla.org/\fR

.SH AUTHORS

.TP

.B The Mozilla Organization

.I http://www.mozilla.org/about.html

.TP

.B Tobias Girstmair

.I https://gir.st/